Drs. Daan Elffers

Drs. Daan Elffers (1979) is the Founder of EMG CSR Consultancy (www.emg-csr.com). Founded in the Netherlands in 2004, EMG is a leading international CSR and sustainability management consultancy for profit and growth from CSR. Today EMG has consultants in Amsterdam, London, Cambridge and New York, and plans to open an office in Zurich later this year.

In 2008 EMG became the world’s first consultancy with accredited consultants for the marketing of Cradle to Cradle®, the closed loop/ circular economy model developed by William McDonough and Prof. Michael Braungart. EMG is the only CSR and sustainability management consultancy to be a member of the European Sustainable Investment Forum (EUROSIF).

Over the years, EMG has received numerous international awards in recognition of its quality and effectiveness including most recently the American Summit International Leader Award and the Communitas Award for Leadership in Ethical and Environmental Responsibility. Publications include “How to do business in China” and “Sustainable Development in China’s 12th Five Year Plan”, both written by EMG’s Senior Consultant for China Projects, the former Counselor for Science and Innovation at the British Embassy in Beijing.

In November 2012, EMG launched a new series of CSR Thought Leadership interviews with the goal of inspiring more people about the benefits of integrating CSR into profitable business. The first interviews have included CEOs, senior government and non-government officials, prominent financiers and heads of CSR for some of the world’s largest multinationals.

Bilingual in Dutch and English, Daan holds a Master’s degree from the Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University) and has lived and worked in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore and the UK.